25.5.11

Here´s a rare sighting of guerilla knitting - at leastfor the part of town where I live, there might be moreelsewhere...

A bit droll, perhaps...

After I´d taken the photos, a group of tourists cameby, stopping at the pump and, ignoring the knit,shouting "una pumpa, una pumpa..." with delight, starting to pump away, wasting water...

No, that´s not them. It´s a photo of some otherstreet pump enthusiasts I happened to find todaywhile rummaging through my mess. Strange coincidence -didn´t even know I had it. It´s one of a few loosebook pages, so I can´t say who made the photo and when,1920s or 30s I guess...

Kommentare:

That reminds me of a story BSP told me about a new client from Russia they had invited to attend a conference who was staying in the suite next door. The thing she was most impressed by was the tub with water jets - and had a hard time understanding that it was all for her.

BSP showed her how to work the tub, and long into the night BSP heard her giggling and splashing.

(I guess in some cultures, the idea of having a hot tub or even a free water pump is so wasteful or inconceivable that they think we aren't concerned about wasting water. And really, now that I think about it - who could blame them!?)

I awlays get offended when I see people cleaning up leaves on their sidewalks by spraying water at them. to them and users of petroleum leaf blowers...you should be in jail! Or at least subject to fines.

Well, found photos are always better than selfmade ones - old ones anyways..;) - thanks for that story, Kit, and your reflections, when you think somewhere people have to walk for miles for a drop of water - but who´s BSP...? - Susan, you´re absolutely right...!

Hello... This blog, once a cherished medium for expressing myself and for communicating with far away folks, has lost its lustre for quite some time now.So, don't expect too much...Nowadays, I just use it to inform customers and people interested about things going on in the shop.